Blue Quote by Orhan Pamuk

My instinct is to write under the cloak of an opaque historical setting.

— Patrick deWitt

The Taj, the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Cracao Basilica and Polish church are some monuments that hold a special place in my memory.

— Shaan

“And if it does not seem possible to see between the myths, the heroes, the propaganda, the hindsight and the tall tales, then do…

— Sam Meekings

“this is the highest point in leningrad" he taps. "with the very best view." "these are windowless rooms," I point out. "in a cellar."…

— Anthony Marra

We may observe in some of the abrupt grounds we meet with, sections of great masses of strata, where it is as easy to…

— Anonymous

In his brilliant new book Pankaj Mishra reverses the long gaze of the West upon the East, showing modern history as it has been…

— Orhan Pamuk

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

A transition from an author's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely,…

— Samuel Johnson

“In our five thousand years of civilization, our history has often been the handmaid of geography. We lie exactly midway between the North Pole…

— Ian McDonald

“I have always believed that places with long history, especially those in which terrible events have taken place, retain something of those times, some…

— Susan Hill

“There ́s a metaphor which I love: living like a drawing compass. As you know, one leg of the compass is static, rooted in…

— Elif Shafak

“Therefore a man should examine for himself the great piles of superimposed strata, and watch the rivulets bringing down mud, and the waves wearing…

— Charles Darwin